Hugh henry canaday



(No Model.)

H. H. OANADAY.

CARRIAGE FOR STRADDLE ROW GULTIVATORS. No. 306,217.

Patented Oct. 7, 1884,

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HUGH HENRY CANADAY, OF CRESTON, IOWVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO G. M.LAMB, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE FOR STRADDLE-ROW CULTIVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,217, dated October'7, 1884.

Application filed May 29,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may co n/067%.-

Be it known that I, HUGH H. CANADAY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Oreston, in the county of Union and State of Iowa, haveinvented an Improved Carriage for straddle-Row Cultivators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of machines known as tonguelesscultivators, and

it consists in the construction and combina tion of two hitching deviceshaving slotted lateral extensions and stub-axles formed in tegraltherewith, a rigid arched axle, detachable props, and detachable hooks,as herein- I 5 after fully set forth.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of a sectionof my flexible carriage-frame. Fig. 2 is atransv'erse section of Fig. 1,showing the hinged connection between the stub-axle and the arched axle.Fig.

3 is a side view of my complete cultivator.

Jointly considered,these figures clearly illustrate the construction andoperation of my complete invention.

A represents a hitching device that has a hook, B, at' its front, andadapted to receive and retain the ring of a single-tree.

G is a stub-axle projecting laterally from the straight and rear portionof the hitching o device A. p

D D are circular extensions on the opposite side of the part from whichthe stub-axle is projected.

F is a prop secured to the bifurcated rear 5 end of the part A, by meansof a screw-bolt or in any suitable way, in such a manner that it willproject rearward and down to allow its bent and flattened end to restand slide upon the ground.

G is a hook secured to the rear end of the part A by means of the samebolt that secures the prop F, or in any suitable way, in such a mannerthat it will extend upward to support a cultivator in an. elevated andinoperative position. A counterpart of the carriage-section described isprovided for the opposite side, and both sections are pivoted to thehorizontal ends of an arched axle, H, by means of bolts passed throughperforations in the parts A and the ends of the arched axle, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2. By then placing wheels upon the stub-axles thus hingedto the ends of the arched axle a complete flexible and poleless carriageis produced for straddlerow cultivators.

To make the carriage rigid I simply pass bolts through perforationsformed in the circular parts I) and coinciding with perforations formedin the ends of the arched axle, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and then fixa pole to the center of the arched axle.

When my flexible carriage is made rigid and provided with a pole, theprops F may be detached or fixed in an inverted position, so that theywill keep clear of the ground.

The beams of cultivators may be connected to the arched axle by means ofcommon couplings, to be operated in a common way.

I claim as my invention- In a straddle-row cultivator, the combinationof a hitching device, A B, having an extension, D, and a stub-axle, 0,formed integral therewith, a rigid arched axle, a de tachable prop, F,and a detachable hook, G, substantially as shown and described, for thepurposes stated.

HUGH HENRY CANADAY. Witnesses:

J. M. LOOKE, T. J. l\I[OCARREL.

